Today Slack announced its long-awaited Enterprise product: Slack Enterprise Grid. During the announcement, IBM’s CIO Jeff Smith (my boss’s…| Medium
UPDATE: I’ve added a short section on the topic of sponsorship. I think that there’s a lot of institutional knowledge in our field, especially| Kitchen Soap
I’ve been very lucky to have some great mentors and mentees in my time at GitHub. Through weekly 1:1s with @seejohnrun explaining to me what a staff engineer should (and should not) be doing I was able to get the role and (hopefully!) do a reasonable job at it. Currently, I’m lucky to have regular mentorship from @eileencodes who guides me on how to think about the most important work I could be doing and avoid pitfalls that I would not otherwise have seen.| Mike McQuaid
A common theme that’s come up in recent coaching calls is a feeling of being overwhelmed with the volume of work. I’ve heard it from newer managers, a founde...| larahogan.me
Things your manager might not know| Julia Evans
Managers need to understand the difference between praise and positive feedback. Feedback is one of the most important tools in your management toolbox, and an absolute must for any manager who wants to be effective. Praise is a useful tool, but it doesn’t directly drive performance improvement the way feedback does. If you’re accidentally giving praise when you think you’re giving positive feedback, you won’t see the results you expect.| jacobian.org